Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-01-13


land in this State which is sus
ceptible of irrigation has been o.
can be brought under cultivation
by the efforts of individual set
tiers. Take, for example, the
western end of our State: 1t j!
watered by streams flowing from
the Sierra Nevada Mountains
which sink in deserts or termi
nate in lakes which have no out
lets. At least ninety per cent
of the waters of the Walker, Car
son and Truckee rivers and Other
streams now runs to waste, while
hundreds of thousands of acres
OF land that could be irrigated
from these streams if the water
was stored remain unreclaimed
and useless. Similar conditions
exist throughout ali the States
and Territories where irrigation
is required
Those facts must be brought to
the attention of Congress. There
should be a photographed and
typographical survey of every
stream which it is possible to
utilize for irrigation. Tho sur
veys should show where water
can be stored, 1.-THE cost of dams
and other structures for that pur-
pose, the costand dimensions of
tile necessary canals, and a de-
scription of the land which
would be reclaimed. These sur
veys should also show what lands
are only fit for grazing purposes.
If Congress would order such
surveys to be made by the engin-
GERS of the army under the SUI
pervision of the War Department
in the same manner that our riv-
ers and harbors are surveyed for
the purpose of making improve
ments in aid of commerce and
navigation, the work would
soon be accomplished. 1t would
be beneficial to the officers of the
army, in affording them practice
in their profession, and would
furnish the United States with
maps for military pur-
poses, and, at the same time,
enable the Government to dispose
of its lands and make homes
for the people. With such
information both Congress and
the State could legislate itelli-
gently. The desire of the
Government of the United States
to make homes for settlers
would render it easy to induce
Congress to either extend direct
aid for the construction of the
hydraulic works for
the reclamation of these Govern
ment lands, or to surrender the
title of all its public lands in
Nevada to the State uponcoLdltion
that the State would construct
or cause to be constructed the
hydraulic works to
reclaim such lands as are capa-
BILE OF irrigation.
LABOR.
/ am anxious to cooperate
with you for the benefit of all our
citizens, and particularly the la
boring classes, and ip henefiting
the State we benefit them. If
silver can be restored topaz there
will be employment for thousands
of miners at good wages in our
State, and in other mining State,
and Territories. II we can inaug-
ura:e system of irrigation
thousands of men will also be EN-
ployed in developing the agricuI-
tural resour ces of the State. If
we can enable persons engaged
in raising livestock to obtain
title lands.unfft for other pur-
poses we will add TO the wealth
and population Of our Sta e.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
For the benefit oflabor and the
protection Of our tree Institutions
L am in favor of modifying the
Burlingame treaty aud eXelud-
ing all Asiatics laborerS from
coming to this country. An
EXClusi N AcI is nucn simpler
ami more easily ex cvted tnan a
Act against Chinese
Immigration. / shall use my
bet forts in Congress to acconp-
lish thi, object.
EXTENSION OF TERRITORY.
There is one subject to which
I desire to call To your especial
attention, for without your APP
prevail no step can be taken in
a ..o1afi1A,n l,xa.,A